Question

【題目】任務(wù)型閱讀。
Thomas Edison lost the first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.
For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison's new machines. He was going to give Edison $40， 000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.
Thomas Edison was then 23， He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked more than 40 new things at one time.
In 1876 Alexander. Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.
（1）What did Thomas Edison do after he lost his first job?
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（2）Where did Edison begin to have good luck after he found work?

（3）將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

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（5）請給短文擬一個適當(dāng)?shù)臉祟}。

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）He went around the country from job to job.
（2）In New York
（3）愛迪生現(xiàn)在有錢做他想做的事情了。
（4）它可以把聲音傳送很遠的距離。
（5）Tomas Edison—an inventor
【解析】短文大意：本文是一篇人物傳記類短文，講述了發(fā)明家愛迪生的工作經(jīng)歷和他的發(fā)明項目。
（1）根據(jù)短文第二句For the next five years he went around the country from job to job可知，他的工作不穩(wěn)定，一個接一個的換。故填：He went around the country from job to job。
（2）根據(jù)短文第三句At last Edison went to New York和后面的描述可知，在紐約愛迪生開始交上好運氣。故答案In New York。
（3）根據(jù) have money 有錢；do what he wanted做他想做的事情。故可翻譯為： 愛迪生現(xiàn)在有錢做他想做的事情了。
（4）根據(jù) carry voices傳播聲音； a long way.很遠的距離。 故填：它可以把聲音傳送很遠的距離。
（5）根據(jù)短文大意可知，本文主要講述了發(fā)明家愛迪生的故事。故填：Tomas Edison—an inventor。